(art) A technique for creating the appearance that the object of a drawing is extending into space by shortening the lines with which that object is drawn.

present participle of foreshorten

plural of foreshortening

To render the image of an object such that it appears to be receding in space as it is perceived visually.

To abridge, reduce, contract. / To make shorter.

simple past tense and past participle of foreshorten

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of foreshorten

Someone or something that foreshortens.

plural of foreshortener